Top Suppliers Of USPS: FedEx #1 With $1.6 Billion

Transportation contractors once again dominate the top spots in Husch-Blackwell’s annual list of the Top 150 U.S. Postal Service Suppliers. In fiscal year 2016, USPS spent over $14 billion on outside purchases, about half of that for transportation.

As it has since 2002, Federal Express Corporation lands atop the list, this year with $1.678 billion in revenues – about a $300 million increase from last year. FedEx carries package and letter mail for the Postal Service. FedEx’s air cargo network contract with the Postal Service was recently renewed for a five-year period, extending the contract until September 29, 2024.

Other suppliers of note: HP #3 receiving $285.9 million; Victory Packaging #6 receiving $221.3 million; UPS #11 receiving $168.9 million; Universal McCann Worldwide #14 receiving $134.4 million; Lockheed Martin #33 receiving $61.8 million; Siemens #49 receiving $41.3 million; RR Donnelley #51 receiving $40.3 million; and Staples #67 receiving $29 million.

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